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Remove one piece of chocolate from a chocolate bar. Swap two other pieces, and voilà, you have what sure seems like an endless supply of chocolate. Of course, it's not. The above GIF shows how the trick appears to result in the same-sized chocolat...

Johnny's net Announcement To whom it may concern, Due to repeated infractions of agency rules, our agency has terminated the exclusive contract with KAT-TUN's Tanaka Koki on September 30th. Despite Tanaka's withdrawal from the group, KAT-TUN will ...

Hope you're ready for more farming fun on Nintendo 3DS. The latest issue of Japanese gaming mag Famitsu reveals another upcoming entry in the Harvest Moon series, which is due for a February 2014 release in Japan.

Announced today, Tanaka Koki has left Johnny's & Associates as of September 30. According to the official announcement of the office site, due to multiple violations of the agency's rules, they have terminated Tanaka's contract.

Originally a particularly polite way of saying "you," the Japanese word otaku evolved into a label for anyone with an obsessive, passionate devotion to their hobby. While most commonly associated with anime fans, the term is also applied to hardco...

'Lately, My Little Sister Has Been A Bit Strange' Anime Adaptation Scheduled Posted by Chris Beveridge October 9, 2013 at 02:09 PM Lately, My Little Sister has been a Bit Strange Feeling like you're not getting all the quality ecchi material that ...

Currently underway at the new Shisedo Ginza Building in Tokyo is the Japan Original Beauty event which features a live talk with beauty professional Tadashi Harada. Harada, who works with Shisedo as one of their "Top Beauty Specialists" was the ge...

Pokémon X and Pokémon Y are just around the corner and soon fans will be able to step into the series' sixth generation. Pokémon developers Game Freak already have another game in the works that will revolve around the franchise's most iconic char...

Tokyo Shutter Girl is the story of a female high school student who learns more about herself through interacting with the various people she meets while taking pictures as part of her school's photography club.

When we talk about cosplay in the anime community it usually means the cosplay of a fictional character from anime / manga / games. However, for the rest of the world, it usually means simply sporting a costume that is not regularly worn by the we...

Matenrou Opera We are a bit late on this one but there is great news for all fans of Matenrou Operas drummer Yu! ! As we reported earlier Yu had to take a break from all live activities due worsening of his health condition.

Lead character is convinced that there are no real "Haruhis" If you're tired of waiting for Nagaru Tanigawa's next Haruhi Suzumiya light novel, or think that the "everyone-around-me-is-special" premise is getting tired, light novel author Teru Ara...

One of Haganai Next's most memorable scenes was when Yozora played a wicked witch for their School Festival movie presentation. This wicked yet cute witch has been recreated by Griffon Enterprises in PVC form!

Namco Bandai recently announced a new Sword Art Online game for PlayStation Vita, titled Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment, which will include co-op to go with spacious fields for Kirito and co. to explore.

Griffon Enterprises is no stranger to Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sakunai or Haganai figures and their latest figure of Sena Kashiwazaki is absolutely irresistible. This 1/8 scale PVC version of "Meat", as she's referred to by some of the characters in t...

More info about the upcoming live-action drama adaptation of Higanjima has surfaced online. The series stars Shunya Shiraishi (Kamen Rider Wizard) and Ryohei Suzuki (Gatchaman, Hentai Kamen). First is about the cast, joining the cast are Rio Yamas...

Giant goldfish rampage around town. The hook before the OP is a panty shot. Off to a great start. This is the third time someone's attempted to animate this series. The first attempt was frankly crap. The OVAs were pretty good.

1/8 Zelos Wilder PVC Alter has commenced preorder for this really cool scaled figure of Zelos Wilder, the comic relief of the group from the Tales of Symphonia game. Alter would be releasing the figure under their ALTAiR franchise in Jan 2014, and...

Cowboy Bebop's Shinichiro Watanabe returns to the stars this winter with original sci-fi comedy Space Dandy. Newtype magazine is now revealing that the titular gallant of the galaxy will be voiced by Junichi Suwabe (Kuroko's Basketball's Daiki Aom...

Oct8 Land Meets Water in Love It seems that every season, PA Works brings us another anime (besides Another anime) which is anchored by their usual gorgeous visuals. The problem in some people's minds is that their stories don't always meet the st...

Opinions (B-): Arc System work's fighting game is one of those games that are tailor made for being adapted into an anime series. Its got a visual novel style story, anime style characters and even famous seiyuu like Tomokazu Sugita (Gintama's Gin...

It's not unusual for FUNimation series to get distribution through the Hulu service, but we do like to note them as they happen. The latest one to get the nod is one of the new summer simulcasts, Unbreakable Machine Doll, which they launched on th...

Magi Volume 2 After the deluge of titles in the previous week, there's something to be said for taking things a bit easier here in the second week of the month. This week is still given over to Viz Media for the most part, but we have just eight r...

Crunchyroll Adds 'Non Non Biyori' For Fall 2013 Anime Lineup Posted by Chris Beveridge October 7, 2013 at 03:16 PM Non Non Biyori Crunchyroll has its third fall season acquisition of the day up today with Non Non Biyori.

Golden Time: Vivid Memories PS Vita Game ASCII Media Works announced at the Dengeki Bunko Fall Festival in Akihabara on Sunday that Golden Time: Vivid Memories is due for the PS Vita this spring 2014 in Japan.

Set to be released December 27th, Hunter x Hunter: The Last Mission will feature a war between dark and light hunters. Japanese folk/pop rock duo Yuzu, whose cover "Nagareboshi Kirari" is being used as the ending for the Hunter x Hunter anime's C...

BABYMETAL is a three-member mental dance unit who will be performing at Japan's largest metal festival "LOUD PARK 13" and is begin regarded as the next big thing in the idol scene. They will debut their first self-titled program on Nippon Broadcas...

OP Sequence OP: 「AVENGE WORLD」 by 鈴木このみ (Suzuki Konomi) "Pandora Returns" Freezing has always held a special place in my esteem – it's almost as if Im sensei has read my mind right down the last detail, and expressly made his work to flatter all o...